KITTEN SURPRISE
It was one of those delicious early summer days in southern Missouri. What a perfect day to get my kiddos outfitted with new sneakers for …
CHASING THE STRAWBERRY MOON
The rumor of a strawberry moon spins me backward in time. 13 years old again and it’s strawberry season in the PNW. Every year when …
FAIRY FLOWERS
Foxgloves, they are called, for some obscure reason lost in British history. Maybe it’s the glovelike shape of the delicate little petal that looks like …
GRANDSON #1
When we learned that you would soon make us grandparents, we were over the moon in anticipation. Then you came into our world, all 9 …
CELL PHONE OBIT
Out into the dazzling sunlight of a Virginia morning . I love mowing our lawn. It wears me out thoroughly and creates the illusion that …
ARDELLE (not her real name)
I’m standing in line at the Walmart return desk with an unflattering pair of shorts I’d never wear in public (you have to be careful …
TOP OF THE WORLD
(Facebook Picture) It’s one of those evocative high summer days when it seems as though the winter rains will never return. A dream of a …
The Common Cold
“Oh, it’s just an ordinary, garden variety head cold.” Really? Back to the Latin root. Ordinary. “Of the usual order”, “of a kind to …
IN THE GROCERY STORE
The clock is moving toward supper time. Looks like I spaced when reading my new soup recipe – it’s calling for spinach, lemon and scallions. …
Beautiful Soup
Beautiful soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen, Who for such dainties would not stoop. Soup of the evening, Beautiful Soup. So …